Definition of thrusting

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Thrusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thrus.

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Butt :: Butt (v. t.) To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.
Tierce :: Tierce (n.) A position in thrusting or parrying in which the wrist and nails are turned downward.
Tiebeam :: Tiebeam (n.) A beam acting as a tie, as at the bottom of a pair of principal rafters, to prevent them from thrusting out the wall. See Illust. of Timbers, under Roof..
Drawbore :: Drawbore (v. t.) To enlarge the bore of a gun barrel by drawing, instead of thrusting, a revolving tool through it..
Spear :: Spear (n.) A long, pointed weapon, used in war and hunting, by thrusting or throwing; a weapon with a long shaft and a sharp head or blade; a lance..
Thrusting :: Thrusting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Thrus.
Keratonyxis :: Keratonyxis (n.) The operation of removing a cataract by thrusting a needle through the cornea of the eye, and breaking up the opaque mass..
Tilt :: Tilt (v. i.) To run or ride, and thrust with a lance; to practice the military game or exercise of thrusting with a lance, as a combatant on horseback; to joust; also, figuratively, to engage in any combat or movement resembling that of horsemen tilting with lances..
Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To strike beat, or press forcibly with the bottom of the foot, or by thrusting the foot downward..
Protrusion :: Protrusion (n.) The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit..
Butt :: Butt (v. i.) To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.].
Detrusion :: Detrusion (n.) The act of thrusting or driving down or outward; outward thrust.
Rapier :: Rapier (n.) A straight sword, with a narrow and finely pointed blade, used only for thrusting..
Protrusive :: Protrusive (a.) Thrusting or impelling forward; as, protrusive motion..
Thrusting :: Thrusting (n.) The act of pushing with force.
Pitch :: Pitch (n.) A descent; a fall; a thrusting down.
Plunge :: Plunge (n.) The act of thrusting into or submerging; a dive, leap, rush, or pitch into, or as into, water; as, to take the water with a plunge..
Cram :: Cram (v. t.) To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrusting one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people..
Sniggle :: Sniggle (v. i.) To fish for eels by thrusting the baited hook into their holes or hiding places.
Thrusting :: Thrusting (n.) The white whey, or that which is last pressed out of the curd by the hand, and of which butter is sometimes made..
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